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Sports in American History-2nd Edition

Sports in American History: From Colonization to Globalization, Second Edition, journeys from the early American past to the present to give students a compelling grasp of the evolution of American sporting practices. This text provides students with insights into new and alternative perspectives, examines sport as a social and cultural phenomenon, generates a better understanding of current sport practices, and considers future developments in American sport.

The second edition includes the following enhancements:

The final chapter highlights sport in the twenty-first century and gives students an updated view of contemporary sport.

Content about the progressive era now makes up two chapters and provides students with a clearer understanding of this instrumental period.

New “People and Places” and “International Perspectives” sidebars introduce key figures in sport history and provide students with a global understanding of sport.

Time lines with major sport and societal events and milestones provide context in each chapter.

More than 150 images provide historical authenticity and relate people and events to the accompanying text.

Chapter objectives and discussion questions help students absorb and apply relevant content.

This comprehensive resource delivers coverage of sport by historical periods—from the indigenous tribes of premodern America, through colonial societies, to the era of sport in the United States today. Sports in American History, Second Edition, examines how women, minorities, and ethnic and religious groups have influenced U.S. sporting culture. This gives students a broader knowledge of the complexities of sport, health, and play in the American experience and how historical factors, such as gender, ethnicity, race, and religion, provide a more complete understanding of sports in American history.

The easy-to-follow material is divided into 11 chronological chapters starting with sporting practices in colonial America and ending with globalized sport today, making it ideal for a semester-long course. The second edition maintains dedication to providing authentic primary documents—including newspapers, illustrations, photographs, historical writings, quotations, and posters—to bring the time periods to life for students. An extensive bibliography features primary and secondary sources in American sport history.

Sports in American History, Second Edition, is unique in its level of detail, broad time frame, and focus on sports and the evolving definitions of physical activity and games. In addition, excerpts from primary documents provide firsthand accounts that will not only inform and fascinate readers but also provide a well-rounded perspective on the historical development of American sport. With sidebars offering an international viewpoint, this book will help students understand how historical events have shaped sport differently in the United States than in other parts of the world.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Credits
Foreword

Chapter 1. Sporting Experiences in Colonial America, 1400–1750

Native American Pastimes and Sports

Influence of Religion on English Colonists

Sport in American Colonies

Summary

Chapter 2. Sport and Pastimes in the American Revolutionary Era and Early National Period, 1750–1820

The Great Awakening and the Place of Sport

Consumerism and Changing Patterns of Colonial Life

The Enlightenment in America and Ideas of Sport and the Body

Frontier and Backcountry Sport

Women’s Active Recreation in the Revolutionary Era and Early National Period

Native American Sport

Sporting Practices During the American Revolutionary War

Turn of the Nineteenth Century and Societal Patterns

Summary

Chapter 3. Antebellum Health Reforms and Sporting Forms, 1820–1860

Overview of the Antebellum Period

Health Reformers

Muscular Christianity

Women and Physical Activity

Rural Sporting Practices

Rise of Agricultural and Sporting Journalism

Sporting Practices of the Middle and Upper Classes

Public Spaces for Health and Sport

Sporting Pastimes of African Americans and Native Americans

Immigrants and Sporting Cultures

Summary

Chapter 4. Rise of Rationalized and Modern Sport, 1850–1870

Concept of Modern Sport

Subcommunities and the Growth of Modern Sport

Sporting Fraternity

Growth of Sports Clubs and Advancing Rational Recreation

Growth of American Team Sport and Competition

Rise of Intercollegiate Sport

The Civil War and Sporting Experiences

Summary

Chapter 5. New Identities and Expanding Modes of Sport in the Gilded Age, 1870–1890

Sport and Social Stratification

Maintaining Ethnic Forms of Leisure

Development of an Intercollegiate Sporting Culture

Male Sporting Culture

Business of Sport

Gendered Sport, Class, and Social Roles

Regulation of Sport: Amateurism Versus Professionalism

Summary

Chapter 6. American Sport and Social Change During the Early Progressive Era, 1890–1900

Audience

Text for undergraduate courses in sport history and American studies;
resource for graduate students and scholars in sport history and sport
studies; and reference for libraries, historians, sport scientists, and
sport enthusiasts.

About the Author

Gerald R. Gems, PhD, is a professor in the kinesiology department
at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. Gems serves on the
Executive Council and Scientific Committee of the International Society
for the History of Physical Education and Sport and is a past president
of the North American Society for Sport History. He presented the 2016
Routledge Keynote where he received the Routledge Prize in Sport History.

Dr. Gems is an international scholar and the author of more than 200
publications, including 18 books. He was president of the North American
Society for Sport History (NASSH) from 2003 to 2005 as well as the book
review editor of the Journal of Sport History for more than two
decades. He also received the Fulbright Senior Specialist Award for 2007
to 2012 and was an Illinois Roads Scholar in history from 1999 to 2003.

Dr. Gems earned his PhD in sport history at the University of Maryland.
In addition to his role at North Central College, Dr. Gems serves as the
vice president for the International Society for the History of Physical
Education and Sport (ISHPES).

Linda J. Borish, PhD, an associate professor of history and
gender and women’s studies at Western Michigan University and is jointly
appointed in the departments of history and gender and women’s
studies. Dr. Borish has focused her research on American women’s
sport and health history. Her research has appeared in both national and
international publications. She is lead editor for The Routledge
History of American Sport (Routledge, 2016), and was selected in
2001-2002 as the International Ambassador for the North American Society
for Sport History and also served on its Executive Council and
Publications Board. She is executive producer and historian of the
documentary film Jewish Women in American Sport: Settlement Houses to
the Olympics and has received numerous research grants related to
American women and sport history in rural and urban contexts. Borish was
the book review coeditor of the Journal of Sport History from
1996 to 2000.

Dr. Borish earned her PhD in American studies from the University of
Maryland at College Park. In addition to her role at Western Michigan
University, Borish is a research associate at the Hadassah-Brandeis
Institute, Brandeis University.

Gertrud Pfister, PhD, is a professor at the University of
Copenhagen in Denmark. She has earned PhDs in sport history and
sociology at the University of Regensburg and the Ruhr-University
Bochum. She was president of the International Sport Sociology Society
from 2001 to 2007. Pfister was also president of the International
Society for the History of Sport and Physical Education from 1993 to
2000 and won the association’s award for lifelong achievements in the
area of sport history in 2005.

She won the Darlene Kluka Award of the Women`s Sport Foundation in
2006, the Award of the European Working Group Women in Sport in 2009,
the Dorothy Ainsworth Research Award of the International Association of
Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women (IAPESGW), and the Els
Schröder Award of the German Gymnastic Association (DTB) for research on
women and sport 2013.

Pfister earned honorary doctorates at the Semmelweis University in
Budapest 2007 and at the University of Malmö in 2013.

She received the Order of the Dannebrog, as a knight 1. Class, from the
Danish queen in 2015 and the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of
Germany, 1. Class, in 2016.

Pfister is a fellow of the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical
Education and the European College of Sport Science.

Reviews

“An ideal curriculum textbook, Sports in American History:
From Colonization to Globalization is exceptionally well written,
organized, and presented. Very highly recommended for both community and
academic library sports history reference collections and supplemental
studies reading lists, Sports in American History will be much
appreciated by both academia and nonspecialist general readers with an
interest in the culture and history of American sports.”

Ancillaries

Instructor guide. Includes a sample syllabus, descriptions of key philosophical and religious systems and terms, suggested readings and films, and a set of cumulative exam questions that span eras and help students make thematic connections from the semester.

Presentation package. Includes more than 175 PowerPoint slides that present the textbook material in a lecture-friendly format.

The presentation package is also available for purchase • ISBN 978-1-4925-3592-8

eBook

Sports in American History 2nd Edition eBook

Sports in American History: From Colonization to Globalization, Second Edition, journeys from the early American past to the present to give students a compelling grasp of the evolution of American sporting practices. This text provides students with insights into new and alternative perspectives, examines sport as a social and cultural phenomenon, generates a better understanding of current sport practices, and considers future developments in American sport.

The second edition includes the following enhancements:

The final chapter highlights sport in the twenty-first century and gives students an updated view of contemporary sport.

Content about the progressive era now makes up two chapters and provides students with a clearer understanding of this instrumental period.

New “People and Places” and “International Perspectives” sidebars introduce key figures in sport history and provide students with a global understanding of sport.

Time lines with major sport and societal events and milestones provide context in each chapter.

More than 150 images provide historical authenticity and relate people and events to the accompanying text.

Chapter objectives and discussion questions help students absorb and apply relevant content.

This comprehensive resource delivers coverage of sport by historical periods—from the indigenous tribes of premodern America, through colonial societies, to the era of sport in the United States today. Sports in American History, Second Edition, examines how women, minorities, and ethnic and religious groups have influenced U.S. sporting culture. This gives students a broader knowledge of the complexities of sport, health, and play in the American experience and how historical factors, such as gender, ethnicity, race, and religion, provide a more complete understanding of sports in American history.

The easy-to-follow material is divided into 11 chronological chapters starting with sporting practices in colonial America and ending with globalized sport today, making it ideal for a semester-long course. The second edition maintains dedication to providing authentic primary documents—including newspapers, illustrations, photographs, historical writings, quotations, and posters—to bring the time periods to life for students. An extensive bibliography features primary and secondary sources in American sport history.

Sports in American History, Second Edition, is unique in its level of detail, broad time frame, and focus on sports and the evolving definitions of physical activity and games. In addition, excerpts from primary documents provide firsthand accounts that will not only inform and fascinate readers but also provide a well-rounded perspective on the historical development of American sport. With sidebars offering an international viewpoint, this book will help students understand how historical events have shaped sport differently in the United States than in other parts of the world.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Credits
Foreword

Chapter 1. Sporting Experiences in Colonial America, 1400–1750

Native American Pastimes and Sports

Influence of Religion on English Colonists

Sport in American Colonies

Summary

Chapter 2. Sport and Pastimes in the American Revolutionary Era and Early National Period, 1750–1820

The Great Awakening and the Place of Sport

Consumerism and Changing Patterns of Colonial Life

The Enlightenment in America and Ideas of Sport and the Body

Frontier and Backcountry Sport

Women’s Active Recreation in the Revolutionary Era and Early National Period

Native American Sport

Sporting Practices During the American Revolutionary War

Turn of the Nineteenth Century and Societal Patterns

Summary

Chapter 3. Antebellum Health Reforms and Sporting Forms, 1820–1860

Overview of the Antebellum Period

Health Reformers

Muscular Christianity

Women and Physical Activity

Rural Sporting Practices

Rise of Agricultural and Sporting Journalism

Sporting Practices of the Middle and Upper Classes

Public Spaces for Health and Sport

Sporting Pastimes of African Americans and Native Americans

Immigrants and Sporting Cultures

Summary

Chapter 4. Rise of Rationalized and Modern Sport, 1850–1870

Concept of Modern Sport

Subcommunities and the Growth of Modern Sport

Sporting Fraternity

Growth of Sports Clubs and Advancing Rational Recreation

Growth of American Team Sport and Competition

Rise of Intercollegiate Sport

The Civil War and Sporting Experiences

Summary

Chapter 5. New Identities and Expanding Modes of Sport in the Gilded Age, 1870–1890

Sport and Social Stratification

Maintaining Ethnic Forms of Leisure

Development of an Intercollegiate Sporting Culture

Male Sporting Culture

Business of Sport

Gendered Sport, Class, and Social Roles

Regulation of Sport: Amateurism Versus Professionalism

Summary

Chapter 6. American Sport and Social Change During the Early Progressive Era, 1890–1900

Audience

Text for undergraduate courses in sport history and American studies;
resource for graduate students and scholars in sport history and sport
studies; and reference for libraries, historians, sport scientists, and
sport enthusiasts.

Presentation Package

Sports in American History Presentation Package-2nd Edition

Sports in American History, Second Edition, presents easy-to-follow material divided into 11 chronological chapters starting with sporting practices in colonial America and ending with globalized sport today, making it ideal for a semester-long course.

The second edition maintains dedication to providing authentic primary documents from each historical period—including newspapers, illustrations, photographs, historical writings, quotations, and posters—to bring the time periods to life for students.

The Sports in American History, Second Edition Presentation Package includes more than 175 PowerPoint slides that present the textbook material in a lecture-friendly format.

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